Bio

Michael Cecire lives in the Philadelphia area and has recently joined the the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry as the Deputy Director of Policy. A former Peace Corps Volunteer, Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in [Cultural] Anthropology from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Michael is currently pursuing graduate studies at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania and has been involved in community/economic development in the Delaware Valley region. He has published articles with the London Telegraph and TCS Daily.

Michael’s primary policy interests are in the relationship between culture & economics and federalism & economic growth, with ancillary interests in human settlement, politics, foreign affairs, comparative government, history, and futurism. Other activities include writing (fiction and non-fiction), reading, photography, cooking, and painting (poorly). Michael is also a long-suffering NY Mets fan.